Hamworthy Rec Res welcomed Westland Sports to a wet Meyson Properties Stadium, before the kick off both sides paid a minute’s silence for Hamworthy Recreation ex player and committee member John Notley who sadly passed away recently, RIP John.

The game got underway with the first half being remember for 2 red cards and 1 goal. On 25 mins Westland centre back Freddie Chorley got turned by Max Wilcock in the middle of the Sports half, getting no where near him, Chorley brought Max down on route to goal, ref had no choice, straight red, Sports were down to ten.

In the 30th min Rec tried to utilise the man advantage, putting pressure on the Westlands back line and won a corner, the ball was delivered by Elliot Birtwistle to the back post, Jack Burton arriving at the back post was underneath the ball and instinctively raised his hand to the ball, yellow card. 2 minutes later Westlands were on the attack, Jack and Westland striker Niall Woollard were pulling at each other down the line, Niall got in front of Jack, Jack made a crazy grab at Niall’s shirt and Niall went to ground, ref again had no choice, 2nd yellow, Rec Capt given his marching orders and both sides down to 10.

Just as the 1st half was coming to an end Martin Vidnenov made the break through for the home side, Max Wilcock collected the ball in the middle of the Westlands half, picked out Curtis Lans on the right wing, Curits beat the full back in the penalty area, drilled the ball to the front post where Martin cut across his defender and the front post and slotted the ball home from close range, 1-0.

HT 1-0

The second half started with both sides looking immediately to get the upper hand, pressing high to win the ball back in the Westlands half it was Martin Videnov that struck again, Henry Bowe cutting in from the left with the ball, it was half cleared by the visitors central midfielder only for Henry to regain possession and drive into the Westlands penalty area, he clipped a great ball to the back post where an unmarked Martin side footed home from close range to double his goals for the day and Rec lead,  2-0.

The game opened up now with Westland looking to get back into the game, they went more direct to their experienced striker Phil Ormrod and in the 70 min the got their chance, Phil collected the ball just out side the Rec penalty area, as he travelled into the box Felix came out to collect the ball, Ormrod recognising Felix going to ground he clipped the ball past him and was brought down, Penalty, Ormrod stepped up and made no mistake, 2-1.

Rec did not let this deter them, in the 75th min Rec extended their lead thanks to Henry Bowe, Max picked the ball up on the left hand side and skipped round 3 Westland players before getting his shot off, the ball rebounded to Henry who was following up on Max’s shot and smashed the ball home from close range, 3-1

Ham Rec looked to try and see the game out with 15 mins remaining but Westlands weren’t done there, they kept applying pressure and in the 90th min they got another goal, the ball was played in from their left hand side, all Rec had to do was clear it, but the ball took a wicked deflection of one of the Rec players and looped into the top right hand corner, 3-2.

The remaining 5 mins seemed like a lifetime for Rec but eventually the referee blew his whistle, making it two wins from two for Charlie’s men, still unbeaten in 2026!!

FT 3-2